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### Question: What are the symptoms of Lichen simplex chronicus?
### Response: This skin disorder leads to a scratch-itch cycle:
It may begin with something that rubs, irritates, or scratches the skin, such as clothing. This causes the person to rub or scratch the affected area. Constant scratching causes the skin to thicken. The thickened skin itches, causing more scratching, which causes more thickening. The skin may become leathery and brownish in the affected area.
Symptoms include:
Itching of the skin
May be long-term (chronic) May be intense Increases with nervous tension, stress
Skin lesion, patch, or plaque
Commonly located on the ankle, wrist, neck, rectum/anal area, forearms, thighs, lower leg, back of the knee, inner elbow Exaggerated skin lines over the lesion Distinct borders to the lesion Becomes leathery in texture (lichenification) Darkened (hyperpigmented) or reddened skin Raw areas Scratch marks Scaling